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- This invention relates to wireless communications, and more specifically to correction of shifts that occur due to Doppler effects imposed on transmitted signals.
- Many applications for wireless communications include obtaining timing and/or positional information from a received signal. Such applications may include locating and tracking a particular feature or pattern in a received signal over time.
- a base station tracks a signal received from a mobile telephone to determine the telephone's relative velocity.
- a receiver calculates its position by identifying delays in signals received from satellites in a global positioning satellite (GPS) system.
- GPS global positioning satellite
- DSS direct sequence spread spectrum
- PN pseudo-noise
- C/A coarse acquisition
- SNR signal-to-noise ratio
- Relative motion between a transmitter and a receiver causes a Doppler shift in the received signal.
- a Doppler shift is to cause the spreading code sequence in the received signal to drift over time.
- the correlation peak becomes distorted.
- the distortion typically appears as a spreading of the correlation peak as compared to the correlation peak resulting from correlation of a non-shifted copy of the signal.
- Such distortion may reduce the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) of the correlation peak. This can be understood by recognizing that the amount of energy in the peak is the same whether distorted or not. However, in the distorted peak, the amount of energy is more spread out. In addition, this distortion or spreading of the peak may reduce the accuracy to which the location in time of the correlation peak may be determined.
- a method includes correlating a received signal with a predetermined code sequence and integrating the results of the correlation.
- the output of the integration includes one or more applied shifts (e.g. based on an estimated Doppler time shift).
- the method further includes (A) determining a location of a feature in the result of the integrating and (B) applying a correction based the applied shifts to the determined location of the feature.
- FIGURE 1 illustrates an effect of Doppler time shift on instantaneous peak position.
- FIGURE 2 illustrates an example of movement of a peak of a received signal over consecutive code modulation periods.
- FIGURE 3 illustrates a composite peak profile
- FIGURE 4 illustrates a technique of code Doppler compensation.
- FIGURE 5 illustrates an effect of code Doppler compensation on a composite peak profile.
- FIGURE 6 shows a flowchart for a method of code Doppler compensation.
- FIGURE 7 illustrates the area under a Doppler time shift curve for an example as shown in FIGURE 2 .
- FIGURE 8 illustrates an area corresponding to code Doppler compensation in application of a method as shown in FIGURE 6 to an example as shown in FIGURE 2 .
- FIGURE 9 illustrates another example of movement of a peak of a received signal over an integration period.
- FIGURE 10 illustrates the area under a Doppler time shift curve for an example as shown in FIGURE 9 .
- FIGURE 11 illustrates an area corresponding to bias in an application of a method as shown in FIGURE 6 to an example as shown in FIGURE 9 .
- FIGURE 12 illustrates an area corresponding to code Doppler compensation in an application of a method as shown in FIGURE 6 to an example as shown in FIGURE 9 .
- FIGURE 1 shows an instantaneous peak profile P( ⁇ ) of a received signal as a function of code phase ⁇ .
- a peak may be obtained by correlating the received signal with the code sequence.
- the correlator When the code phase of the code sequence with which the received signal was spread is synchronized with the code phase of the code sequence that is used to despread the received signal, the correlator outputs a relatively high output signal. The relatively high output from the correlator indicates that the code phase of the two code sequences are the same.
- the "code phase", ⁇ represents the relationship between the code sequence used to despread the received signal and an arbitrary reference point. If the transmitter and receiver remain stationary with respect to each other, the location of the peak in code phase ⁇ may be expected to remain constant (e.g. ignoring changes in the environment).
- the resulting Doppler shift causes the location (i.e., code phase ⁇ ) of the peak to change.
- the direction of movement of the peak depends upon whether the distance between the transmitter and receiver is becoming smaller or larger.
- the magnitude of the movement of the peak is directly proportional to the relative velocity of the transmitter with respect to the receiver (ignoring environmental effects such as reflections).
- FIGURE 2 shows an example of how the location of a peak (in code phase ⁇ ) may change over time t.
- time t is marked in units of code modulation periods (the amount of time required for the code sequence to run from the beginning to the end and start from the beginning once more).
- the same predetermined code sequence is used during each code modulation period, although different code sequences may also be used.
- relative motion between a transmitter and a receiver may cause a Doppler shift in the received signal.
- the distance between the transmitter and the receiver is decreasing at a constant rate (i.e. constant at least with respect to the time period being observed), and the resulting Doppler shift causes the peaks to appear closer together.
- FIGURE 3 shows an example of a composite peak profile P( ⁇ ) as a function of code phase ⁇ .
- a profile may be obtained by correlating the received signal and integrating over an integration period T.
- the integration period T may have any length from a part of a code modulation period up to many code modulation periods.
- coherent integration is assumed, although results from several coherent integrations may also be combined non-coherently into a single result.
- the peak is integrated over several code modulation periods, drift due to the Doppler shift may cause the composite peak to spread over time rather than accumulating to increase SNR. It may be difficult to localize a spread peak, such that accuracy may be decreased. Spreading may reduce the height (e.g. power) of the composite peak.
- the position of the peak may also be shifted in code phase space. The shift of the composite peak in code phase can be approximated by the time average of the position of the instantaneous peak of the signal.
- a composite result is obtained by summing individual correlation results (e.g. as obtained over corresponding code modulation periods).
- the various constituent correlation results may be weighted differently and/or subtracted from one another. One may see that as the Doppler shift causes the peaks to drift with respect to one another, a peak of the composite result may not have a single clearly defined location in code phase space.
- FIGURE 4 illustrates a technique for code Doppler compensation.
- a code Doppler shift factor is received independently (e.g. from a determination of the Doppler shift of the carrier signal).
- the accumulated code Doppler shift is determined.
- the correction periods may correspond to code modulation periods, but any other period may also be used. If the magnitude of the shift amount exceeds one-half sample (alternatively, is not less than one-half sample), then the signal portion and successive portions are shifted by one sample in that direction. For example, such a shift may be accomplished by adding or removing one sample from a stored digital representation of the received signal.
- FIGURE 5 shows an example of a compensated composite peak profile p ⁇ ( ⁇ ) as a function of code phase ⁇ .
- the compensated peak may be more localized and have a greater magnitude, but may also be shifted in code phase.
- a position of the peak of the compensated profile is determined by performing an interpolation among the highest value and its neighbors (e.g. a quadratic interpolation among the highest value and its neighbor on each side) and selecting the peak position as the peak of the interpolated curve.
- the received signal is sampled at chipx8 (e.g. 8 x 1.2288 MHz for a GPS signal).
- the sampled signal is resampled to chipx2 and divided into two streams (e.g. on-time and late) for correlation as described herein.
- FIGURE 6 shows a flowchart for a method of code Doppler compensation.
- Task T110 sets an accumulator to an initial value (e.g. zero).
- Task T110 also sets a value c to a predetermined signal drift value in correction units per execution period of loop T120-T170.
- the value c represents an estimated code Doppler shift that is determined from a measured Doppler frequency of the carrier signal.
- each correction unit is one sample, and the loop T120-T170 is executed once per correction period (e.g. code modulation period).
- Tasks T130 and T140 determine relations between a current value of the accumulator and 1 ⁇ 2 of a correction unit. If task T130 determines that the current value exceeds 1 ⁇ 2 (alternatively, is not less than 1 ⁇ 2), then task T150 decrements the accumulator value and a correction of -1 unit is issued. Otherwise, if task T140 determines that the current value is not greater than -1 ⁇ 2 (alternatively, is less than -1 ⁇ 2), then task T160 increments the accumulator value and a correction of +1 unit is issued.
- a correction having a magnitude of one unit is implemented by inserting or deleting one unit from the received signal before correlation.
- a correction may be implemented by deleting or inserting one unit from the code sequence to be applied to the received signal.
- FIGURE 7 shows the example of FIGURE 2 from a different perspective.
- the dots indicate the instantaneous peaks of the received signal at the midpoints of each correction period.
- the magnitude of the Doppler time shift of the peak of the composite profile can be estimated to be the time average of the instantaneous peak position, i.e. 1 T ⁇ 0 T c ⁇ t dt , where c is the rate of drift, and T is the time over which the integration is performed.
- This value is the area of the triangle outlined in bold, divided by the length of the base of the triangle. This value is equal to the position of the instantaneous peak at the middle of the integration period.
- FIGURE 8 shows the example of FIGURE 2 in a case where a compensation procedure as shown in FIGURE 6 is applied.
- a compensation of one correction unit e.g. one sample
- the effect of this compensation on the composite peak profile is to narrow the spread of the composite peak profile.
- the composite peak position is shifted back by an amount that is the time averaged value of the compensation, i.e. the area outlined by the parallelogram in bold divided by the length of the base of the parallelogram..
- the parallelogram of this example has an area equal to one correction unit times two correction periods, while the base of the parallelogram has a length equal to two correction units.
- a compensation procedure as shown in FIGURE 6 may cause a change in the position of the peak of the composite signal (e.g. in a case where compensation is performed). It may be desired to calculate, from the position of a compensated peak p ⁇ , the drift of the received signal from an initial time to some other moment in time "t" (such moment may be within or outside of the integration period). Note that this is an estimate of the peak of the instantaneous profile of the signal, at the moment "t". Such a moment may be referred to as a timestamp.
- the drift of the received signal at that moment may be determined from the position of a compensated peak p ⁇ by adding back the time averaged value of the compensation.
- such drift value may be determined by adding the area within the parallelogram divided by the base of the parallelogram, to the position of the compensated peak.
- the Doppler shift is assumed to be zero at the start of the integration period.
- a compensation procedure as shown in FIGURE 6 may execute independently of an integration procedure. For example, it may be desired to execute a compensation procedure essentially continuously, and to perform integration at selected times. In such cases, the values being integrated may have a code phase bias with respect to the corresponding signal as received. The bias value is the magnitude of the total number of corrections, applied before the start of integration.
- FIGURE 9 shows another example in which a compensation procedure as shown in FIGURE 6 is applied.
- compensation begins several code modulation periods before the integration period.
- the magnitude of the Doppler time shift of the peak of the composite profile is proportional to the area outlined by the triangle in bold.
- the area outlined by the parallelogram in bold is proportional to the magnitude of the bias of the peak of the composite profile due to compensation performed before the start of the integration period. It may be understood that the parallelogram of this example has an area equal to one correction unit times the integration period. The bias value then is one correction unit.
- the area outlined by the parallelograms in bold is proportional to the magnitude of the effect of the compensation on the location of the peak of the composite profile. In this case, for a timestamp at the midpoint of the integration period, both the magnitude of the bias and the compensation are added to the position of the observed (compensated) peak to determine the appropriate drift value.
- a peak position for a timestamp at another point in time t may be calculated by adding the compensation (and any bias) to the position of the observed peak and also subtracting the time averaged vale of the Doppler shift. (e.g. the area of the triangle divided by the length of the base in the examples of FIGURES 7 and 10 ).
- a peak position for a timestamp at the end of the integration period may be calculated by adding the compensation (and any bias) to the position of the observed peak and also adding the time averaged value due to the Doppler shift, i.e. the area under the Doppler shift curve divided by the length of the integration.
- the estimate(s) upon which the Doppler shift curve is based may be erroneous. For example, factors such as oscillator drift may affect the accuracy of such a determination.
- One possible advantage of selecting a timestamp at the middle of the integration period is that the calculation of peak position need not include the area under the Doppler shift curve, which area will be affected by an error in the Doppler estimate. Therefore, a peak position as calculated for such a timestamp may be robust to at least minor errors in a Doppler estimate.
- the position of the instantaneous peak at the mid point of integration can be estimated by the sum of the position of the composite peak profile, the bias value due to any corrections applied before the start of integration and time averaged value of the Doppler compensations applied (i.e. if visualized it is the area under the "staircase" over the integration length divided by the integration length).
- p t ⁇ 1 bias + p cp + 1 T ⁇ 0 T c ⁇ t ⁇ d t
- P cp is the position of the peak in the composite peak profile
- c ⁇ ( t ) is the staircase function due to code Doppler compensations
- the bias is the magnitude sum of all compensations applied before the start of integration.
- the invention may be implemented in part or in whole as a hardwired circuit or as a circuit configuration fabricated into an application-specific integrated circuit.
- the invention may also be implemented in part or in whole as a firmware program loaded into non-volatile storage or a software program loaded from or into a data storage medium as machine-readable code, such code being instructions executable by an array of logic elements such as a microprocessor or other digital signal processing unit.
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- This invention relates to wireless communications, and more specifically to correction of shifts that occur due to Doppler effects imposed on transmitted signals.
- Many applications for wireless communications include obtaining timing and/or positional information from a received signal. Such applications may include locating and tracking a particular feature or pattern in a received signal over time. In one example, a base station tracks a signal received from a mobile telephone to determine the telephone's relative velocity. In another example, a receiver calculates its position by identifying delays in signals received from satellites in a global positioning satellite (GPS) system.
- In a direct sequence spread spectrum (DSS) technique, a data signal is spread with a pseudo-noise (PN) code sequence before being modulated onto a carrier. In a GPS system, one such code sequence is called a coarse acquisition (C/A) code. When the received signal is correlated with the same code sequence, a correlation peak is obtained. The location in time of the correlation peak provides information regarding the propagation delay of the signal. This propagation delay information may be used to determine the relative distance between the transmitter and the receiver.
- It may be desired to integrate correlation results over time, whether coherently and/or noncoherently. For example, an individual correlation result may be too weak to distinguish from background noise. Accordingly, integration over time may be employed to improve the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR).
- Relative motion between a transmitter and a receiver causes a Doppler shift in the received signal. Once effect of a Doppler shift is to cause the spreading code sequence in the received signal to drift over time. When correlating a Doppler-shifted signal over time, the correlation peak becomes distorted. The distortion typically appears as a spreading of the correlation peak as compared to the correlation peak resulting from correlation of a non-shifted copy of the signal. Such distortion may reduce the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) of the correlation peak. This can be understood by recognizing that the amount of energy in the peak is the same whether distorted or not. However, in the distorted peak, the amount of energy is more spread out. In addition, this distortion or spreading of the peak may reduce the accuracy to which the location in time of the correlation peak may be determined.
- Attention is drawn to the document
US 6,289,041 , which describes a method and apparatus of acquiring and tracking global positioning system signals with fast acquisition speed and high sensitivity. A pseudo-random noise matching filter operation is performed on a sample of global positioning system signals to provide a current matched filter result. The current matched filter result is then accumulated with a prior matched filter result from a prior sample of global positioning system signals to produce an accumulated matched filter result. Efficient means for implementing the matched filter are described . - in accordance with the present invention, a method of signal reception, as set forth in
claim 1, is provided. Embodiments of the invention are described in the dependent claims. - A method according to one embodiment of the invention includes correlating a received signal with a predetermined code sequence and integrating the results of the correlation. As a result of integrating a Doppler shifted signal over time, the output of the integration includes one or more applied shifts (e.g. based on an estimated Doppler time shift). The method further includes (A) determining a location of a feature in the result of the integrating and (B) applying a correction based the applied shifts to the determined location of the feature.
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FIGURE 1 illustrates an effect of Doppler time shift on instantaneous peak position. -
FIGURE 2 illustrates an example of movement of a peak of a received signal over consecutive code modulation periods. -
FIGURE 3 illustrates a composite peak profile. -
FIGURE 4 illustrates a technique of code Doppler compensation. -
FIGURE 5 illustrates an effect of code Doppler compensation on a composite peak profile. -
FIGURE 6 shows a flowchart for a method of code Doppler compensation. -
FIGURE 7 illustrates the area under a Doppler time shift curve for an example as shown inFIGURE 2 . -
FIGURE 8 illustrates an area corresponding to code Doppler compensation in application of a method as shown inFIGURE 6 to an example as shown inFIGURE 2 . -
FIGURE 9 illustrates another example of movement of a peak of a received signal over an integration period. -
FIGURE 10 illustrates the area under a Doppler time shift curve for an example as shown inFIGURE 9 . -
FIGURE 11 illustrates an area corresponding to bias in an application of a method as shown inFIGURE 6 to an example as shown inFIGURE 9 . -
FIGURE 12 illustrates an area corresponding to code Doppler compensation in an application of a method as shown inFIGURE 6 to an example as shown inFIGURE 9 . -
FIGURE 1 shows an instantaneous peak profile P(τ) of a received signal as a function of code phase τ. In a case where the signal is spread using a PN code sequence, such a peak may be obtained by correlating the received signal with the code sequence. When the code phase of the code sequence with which the received signal was spread is synchronized with the code phase of the code sequence that is used to despread the received signal, the correlator outputs a relatively high output signal. The relatively high output from the correlator indicates that the code phase of the two code sequences are the same. The "code phase", τ represents the relationship between the code sequence used to despread the received signal and an arbitrary reference point. If the transmitter and receiver remain stationary with respect to each other, the location of the peak in code phase τ may be expected to remain constant (e.g. ignoring changes in the environment). - As the distance between the transmitter and receiver changes, the resulting Doppler shift causes the location (i.e., code phase τ) of the peak to change. The direction of movement of the peak depends upon whether the distance between the transmitter and receiver is becoming smaller or larger. The magnitude of the movement of the peak is directly proportional to the relative velocity of the transmitter with respect to the receiver (ignoring environmental effects such as reflections).
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FIGURE 2 shows an example of how the location of a peak (in code phase τ) may change over time t. In this example, time t is marked in units of code modulation periods (the amount of time required for the code sequence to run from the beginning to the end and start from the beginning once more). In the case of a GPS application, the code modulation period is equal to approximately 832.5 microseconds = 1023 (number of values in the code sequence) / 1.2288 MHz (the modulation frequency). In many applications, the same predetermined code sequence is used during each code modulation period, although different code sequences may also be used. - As discussed above, relative motion between a transmitter and a receiver may cause a Doppler shift in the received signal. In the example of
FIGURE 2 , the distance between the transmitter and the receiver is decreasing at a constant rate (i.e. constant at least with respect to the time period being observed), and the resulting Doppler shift causes the peaks to appear closer together. -
FIGURE 3 shows an example of a composite peak profile P(τ) as a function of code phase τ. Such a profile may be obtained by correlating the received signal and integrating over an integration period T. The integration period T may have any length from a part of a code modulation period up to many code modulation periods. In this example, coherent integration is assumed, although results from several coherent integrations may also be combined non-coherently into a single result. - If the peak is integrated over several code modulation periods, drift due to the Doppler shift may cause the composite peak to spread over time rather than accumulating to increase SNR. It may be difficult to localize a spread peak, such that accuracy may be decreased. Spreading may reduce the height (e.g. power) of the composite peak. The position of the peak may also be shifted in code phase space. The shift of the composite peak in code phase can be approximated by the time average of the position of the instantaneous peak of the signal.
- It may be desirable to combine the correlation results into a composite result. One possible advantage to such combination is to increase the effective observed SNR. In one example, a composite result is obtained by summing individual correlation results (e.g. as obtained over corresponding code modulation periods). In other applications, the various constituent correlation results may be weighted differently and/or subtracted from one another. One may see that as the Doppler shift causes the peaks to drift with respect to one another, a peak of the composite result may not have a single clearly defined location in code phase space.
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FIGURE 4 illustrates a technique for code Doppler compensation. In this technique, a code Doppler shift factor is received independently (e.g. from a determination of the Doppler shift of the carrier signal). At selected correction periods, the accumulated code Doppler shift is determined. The correction periods may correspond to code modulation periods, but any other period may also be used. If the magnitude of the shift amount exceeds one-half sample (alternatively, is not less than one-half sample), then the signal portion and successive portions are shifted by one sample in that direction. For example, such a shift may be accomplished by adding or removing one sample from a stored digital representation of the received signal. -
FIGURE 5 shows an example of a compensated composite peak profile p̂(τ) as a function of code phase τ. As compared to composite peak p(τ), the compensated peak may be more localized and have a greater magnitude, but may also be shifted in code phase. In one application, a position of the peak of the compensated profile is determined by performing an interpolation among the highest value and its neighbors (e.g. a quadratic interpolation among the highest value and its neighbor on each side) and selecting the peak position as the peak of the interpolated curve. - Shifting allows peak to accumulate, may lead to better localization. Unfortunately, makes time base inaccurate. Error of only 1/8 chip is equivalent to over 30 meters. Desirable to correctly locate peak.
- In one implementation, the received signal is sampled at chipx8 (e.g. 8 x 1.2288 MHz for a GPS signal). The sampled signal is resampled to chipx2 and divided into two streams (e.g. on-time and late) for correlation as described herein.
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FIGURE 6 shows a flowchart for a method of code Doppler compensation. Task T110 sets an accumulator to an initial value (e.g. zero). Task T110 also sets a value c to a predetermined signal drift value in correction units per execution period of loop T120-T170. In one example, the value c represents an estimated code Doppler shift that is determined from a measured Doppler frequency of the carrier signal. In a particular application, each correction unit is one sample, and the loop T120-T170 is executed once per correction period (e.g. code modulation period). - Tasks T130 and T140 determine relations between a current value of the accumulator and ½ of a correction unit. If task T130 determines that the current value exceeds ½ (alternatively, is not less than ½), then task T150 decrements the accumulator value and a correction of -1 unit is issued. Otherwise, if task T140 determines that the current value is not greater than -½ (alternatively, is less than -½), then task T160 increments the accumulator value and a correction of +1 unit is issued.
- In one case, a correction having a magnitude of one unit is implemented by inserting or deleting one unit from the received signal before correlation. Alternatively, such a correction may be implemented by deleting or inserting one unit from the code sequence to be applied to the received signal.
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FIGURE 7 shows the example ofFIGURE 2 from a different perspective. In this illustration, the dots indicate the instantaneous peaks of the received signal at the midpoints of each correction period. The magnitude of the Doppler time shift of the peak of the composite profile, can be estimated to be the time average of the instantaneous peak position, i.e. -
FIGURE 8 shows the example ofFIGURE 2 in a case where a compensation procedure as shown inFIGURE 6 is applied. At the start of the third code modulation period, a compensation of one correction unit (e.g. one sample) is applied. The effect of this compensation on the composite peak profile is to narrow the spread of the composite peak profile. Further the composite peak position is shifted back by an amount that is the time averaged value of the compensation, i.e. the area outlined by the parallelogram in bold divided by the length of the base of the parallelogram.. It may be understood that the parallelogram of this example has an area equal to one correction unit times two correction periods, while the base of the parallelogram has a length equal to two correction units. - As demonstrated in
FIGURE 5 , a compensation procedure as shown inFIGURE 6 may cause a change in the position of the peak of the composite signal (e.g. in a case where compensation is performed). It may be desired to calculate, from the position of a compensated peak p̂, the drift of the received signal from an initial time to some other moment in time "t" (such moment may be within or outside of the integration period). Note that this is an estimate of the peak of the instantaneous profile of the signal, at the moment "t". Such a moment may be referred to as a timestamp. - In a case where the selected timestamp is the midpoint of the integration period, the drift of the received signal at that moment may be determined from the position of a compensated peak p̂ by adding back the time averaged value of the compensation. In the example shown in
FIGURE 7 and8 , such drift value may be determined by adding the area within the parallelogram divided by the base of the parallelogram, to the position of the compensated peak. - In the example shown in
FIGURE 7 and8 , the Doppler shift is assumed to be zero at the start of the integration period. In another application, a compensation procedure as shown inFIGURE 6 may execute independently of an integration procedure. For example, it may be desired to execute a compensation procedure essentially continuously, and to perform integration at selected times. In such cases, the values being integrated may have a code phase bias with respect to the corresponding signal as received. The bias value is the magnitude of the total number of corrections, applied before the start of integration. -
FIGURE 9 shows another example in which a compensation procedure as shown inFIGURE 6 is applied. In this example, compensation begins several code modulation periods before the integration period. InFIGURE 10 the magnitude of the Doppler time shift of the peak of the composite profile is proportional to the area outlined by the triangle in bold. InFIGURE 11 , the area outlined by the parallelogram in bold is proportional to the magnitude of the bias of the peak of the composite profile due to compensation performed before the start of the integration period. It may be understood that the parallelogram of this example has an area equal to one correction unit times the integration period. The bias value then is one correction unit. InFIGURE 12 , the area outlined by the parallelograms in bold is proportional to the magnitude of the effect of the compensation on the location of the peak of the composite profile. In this case, for a timestamp at the midpoint of the integration period, both the magnitude of the bias and the compensation are added to the position of the observed (compensated) peak to determine the appropriate drift value. - In other applications, it may be desired to obtain a peak position for a timestamp at another point in time t. For example, a peak position for a timestamp at the start of the integration period may be calculated by adding the compensation (and any bias) to the position of the observed peak and also subtracting the time averaged vale of the Doppler shift. (e.g. the area of the triangle divided by the length of the base in the examples of
FIGURES 7 and10 ). A peak position for a timestamp at the end of the integration period may be calculated by adding the compensation (and any bias) to the position of the observed peak and also adding the time averaged value due to the Doppler shift, i.e. the area under the Doppler shift curve divided by the length of the integration. - The estimate(s) upon which the Doppler shift curve is based may be erroneous. For example, factors such as oscillator drift may affect the accuracy of such a determination. One possible advantage of selecting a timestamp at the middle of the integration period is that the calculation of peak position need not include the area under the Doppler shift curve, which area will be affected by an error in the Doppler estimate. Therefore, a peak position as calculated for such a timestamp may be robust to at least minor errors in a Doppler estimate.
- In the following an example is considered in which there is an error in the estimate of the signal drift value, and corrections are applied by the compensation procedure as show in
FIGURE 6 based on the estimated value of signal drift. The actual rate of Peak drift is considered, whereas the peak drift due to estimated rate of drift has to be considered separately therefrom. The corrections are then derived from the estimated rate of Peak drift, and the accumulation of corrections applied could be visualized as a "staircase". The effect of compensations to the instantaneous peak position is now considered. The shift of the Peak value of the composite profile is the time averaged value of the instantaneous peak position after the compensation is applied, i.e., if visualized, it is the area outlined by the shape in bold divided by the Integration Period. The position of the instantaneous peak at the mid point of integration can be estimated by the sum of the position of the composite peak profile, the bias value due to any corrections applied before the start of integration and time averaged value of the Doppler compensations applied (i.e. if visualized it is the area under the "staircase" over the integration length divided by the integration length). Mathematically, -
- where Pcp is the position of the peak in the composite peak profile, c̃ (t) is the staircase function due to code Doppler compensations, and the bias is the magnitude sum of all compensations applied before the start of integration.
- The foregoing presentation of the described embodiments is provided to enable any person skilled in the art to make or use the present invention. Various modifications to these embodiments are possible, and the generic principles presented herein may be applied to other embodiments as well.
- For example, the invention may be implemented in part or in whole as a hardwired circuit or as a circuit configuration fabricated into an application-specific integrated circuit. The invention may also be implemented in part or in whole as a firmware program loaded into non-volatile storage or a software program loaded from or into a data storage medium as machine-readable code, such code being instructions executable by an array of logic elements such as a microprocessor or other digital signal processing unit.
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- A method of signal reception, said method comprising:correlating a received signal with a predetermined code sequence, wherein said correlating comprises applying at least one shift to the received signal or the predetermined code sequence, and wherein the at least one applied shift is based on an estimated Doppler shift;integrating the correlation results, a result of such integrating being based on the at least one applied shift; characterized bydetermining a position of a composite peak in the result of said integrating; and shifting the composite peak position by an amount of a time averaged value of the applied shift.
- The method of signal reception according to claim 1, wherein the predetermined code sequence is a pseudonoise sequence.
- The method of signal reception according to claim 1, said method further comprising receiving the signal from a global positioning satellite.
- The method of signal reception according to claim 1, wherein said applied shift includes one among adding and dropping a sample of the received signal.
- The method of signal reception according to claim 1, wherein determining a position of a feature includes applying a threshold to the result of said integrating.
- The method of signal reception according to claim 1, wherein determining a position of a feature includes interpolating among a plurality of samples of the result of said integrating.
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